Corset



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S. J. NEWMAN ET AL CORSET Filed Abril l2, 1922 j ma@ A TTHNEYS Patented July 22, 1924.

irse STATES PATENT ofi-riesa SAMUEL J. NEWMAN AND RAYMOND E. DODGE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AS-

SIGNORS, BY MES'NE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 I. NEWMAN & SONS, ING.,` OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A'CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT. 1y

CORSET.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial No. 551,780;

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. NEWMAN and RAYMovDV E. DODGE, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and VState of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Corset, of which the lfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to corsets and particularly to an improved corset which laces at the front.

The invention also relates to corsets having any inner retaining structure at or adjacent the front designed to hold the corset in place while the lacing operation is performed;

The object of the invention is to provide n an improved simplified front lacev corset wherein an inner retainer is presented of simple construction.

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide an inner elastic member which may be connected at any suitable place to the corset and extend across the front so as to be secured to another part of the corset in order to hold the corset in place during the lacing operation.

In the accompanying` drawing- Figure l is a front view of a figure showing aV corset embodying the invention applied thereto ready to be laced. 'Y Figurer2 is a view similar to Figure l but n, showing the lacing operation partially'com- "i plete. 35 L Figure is a view similar toFigure 2 but showing the corset completely laced.

Figure 4 is a transverse lsectional view through the corset shown in Figure 3, the same being on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of the front part of the corset shown in Figure 3 but disclosing a slight modified structure.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view showing in front elevation a modified form of corset to that shown in Figure 2. n

Figure 7 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view through the corset shown in Figure 6, the same being taken approximately on line 7-7.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals l indicates the body of a corset which is applied to a ligure by passing the same around the figure and then interlocking the securing members 2 which may be of the usual corset clasp structure. i The body l merges into what may be termed flaps 3 and4, said aps being really part of the corset vbody but overlapping the steel and pocket 5 andthe elastic vest structure 6.

The vest'structure fconsists of an elastic structure connected along the line 7 to the body l, said'line being spaced a short distance back of the line of hooks 8, which receive lthe lacing 9. The pocket and steel 6 are arranged an appreciable distance back from the hooks 10 so that when the flap 4 is moved over to the position shown in Figure 2, the pocket and steel 5, togetherA with the fastening members 2, will be covered.

It willi be Vunderstood that if the corset is of a proper size, the elastic 6 will be stretched or brought under considerable ten- A sion and will hold the body l in proper positionfso'that vboth hands of the person wearing'the corset may be used in applying the lacings 6 to the hooks 8 and 10 as shown in Figure 2.

During the lacing yoperation as shown in 5"' and at the same time will move the fla-ps 3 and 4 towards eachother to such an extent that the tension 'on the elastic 6 will be relieved and said elastic will have no effect 'sokthat there will be little or no elastic tension onthe person.'

It "will "be" noted connected to one side of the corset and merely a steel with proper fastening devices connected to the opposite side. This steel is arranged in a pocket 6 flexibly connected to the corset for the `purpose of fitting properly though if desired, it could be secured in place so as not to have an independent movement.

In Figure 5 a slight modified form is shown wherein the steel 5 is arranged in a suitable pocket 11 extending away from the front edge of the corset an appreciable distance, namely, to the point l2. This will give a larger flap on that side of the corset, namely, the flap 4 will be larger than in the `that all the elastic is YI form shown in Figures 1 to 4. vThis illiistrates, as Well as the other figures, that the vest structure 6 or the pocket and steel 5 may be connected to the corset at any distance away from the front edge of the corset and yet perform t-he function of holding the corset in shape while the laces 9 are being placed in position.

In Figures 6 and 7 Will be lseen a further modified form of the invention in which a pocket 13 is secured to one edge of an elastic structure 14 while the opposite edge carries fastening means colac-ting with the fastening means oii the steel in pocket 15. Pocket 15 forms the opening edge of the corset while the front edge is Aprovided with a pocket 16 having hooks 17 thereon co-acting with` the hooks 18 on pocket 13 whereby the lacings 9 niay be properly placed in position to draw the `front edges cf the corset toward each other.A The edge of the elastic structure 14 opposite that secured to the pocket 13 is secured on the interior of the corset body preferably near the edge carrying pocket 16 though it could be placed an appreciable distance back from saidV edge if desired. When the corset is first placed in position on the body, the elastic'structure 14 is stretched in. orderthat the securing means 19 may be properly interloclred. yThe elasticstructure, tlierefore,xnot only holds the corset in place during the lacing operation but acts to hold the flesh from protrudingv through the lacing after the same has been arranged substantially as shown in Figure 3. It will be understood that in lacing the corset the lacing strings are'drawn until substantially all of the tension on the elastic structure 14 has been relieved.l This will prevent a constant elastic tension on the body and at the same time allow the elastic. structure to provide a lining or covering for the lacing.'

' Vhat we claim is 2,-

1. In a front lace corset, a vest structure adapted to extend acrossthe front edges of the corset, said vest structure comprising a single elastic section secured at one ed 'e toI the corset between the front edge o the corset and theside and extending across the opening in the Vfront of the corsety beyond the edge of the cors-et to which it is secured, said vest structure also including an inelastic section which is inelastic throughout its full Width, said inelastic section being secured to said corset an appreciable distance from the front edge of the corset toward the side with the freeV edge thereof lying between its line of connection Witli the corset and the edge of -tlie corset section to which it is secured, and disengageable fastening means carried by the free edge, said elastic section and by the inelastic section whereby said sections are disengageably connected together at a point at one side of the front edge of the corset.

2. In a front lace corset, a vest structure adapted to extend across the front edges of i the'eorset, said vest structure comprising a single elastic section and an vinelastic section said Yinelastic section being inelastic throughout its entire width, said elasticv secr tion being secured at one edge to Vthe corset between the front edge of the corset and the side and extending across the opening in the front of the corset, and disengageable means carried by the free end of said elastic section and by the inelastic section whereby said sections are connected together, said inelastic section being'secured to said corset an appreciable distance from the front edge of the corset toward the side and of such a width as to fall short of reaching the front edge of the corset.Y Y Y 3. A front lace corset, comprising a body open at tlie front with the edges normally spaced apart and means for drawing said edges toward each other and holding the edges in a predetermined position whenthe corset is in use, and an elastic member arrangedinteriorly of the corset extending from near the top to near the bottom thereof and having one edge secured to the corset an appreciable distance from one of said edges` and extending across the front-beyond the other edge of the'corset for an appreciable distance, and means for disengageably connecting the free .edge of said Yelastic member 

